Story Behind The Song
Humans take a lot of lives (human and otherwise) and once in a while the profound nature of that act hits like a bullet in the ethics control center of the brain/spirit. This song is about that event.
Song Description
Taking a life is paradoxical - it can become easy and remain the hardest decision to make.
| Song Length |
4:52 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative, Unique - Patriotic |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
General, Patriotic |
| Similar Artists |
Harry Nilsson, Jack Johnson |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
One Life
Ac 2008 Eric Henderson
You shake like a leaf on a windy day
On your very ï¬_rst time
Then all too soon it becomes so damn easy
To cross that line
I just killed me another man
And I don't know why
It ain't that much to take now is it?
I mean, it's only one life
I've got me a daughter and I've got a son
And I've got one that I've yet to see
And this man that I've got here in my riï¬,e sights
Well I'm goddamn sure he's got a family
Bang!
I just killed me another man
And I don't know why
It ain't that much to take now is it?
I mean, it's only one life
I just killed me another man
And I don't know why
It ain't that much to take now is it?
I mean, it's only one life
Red. Red is for the blood we spill
White is for these white hot sands, oh
Blue. Blue is the way I always feel
When I take the life of another man
My father told me a truth, so profound
And now I call him a liar
Every time that I hear the sound
Of my government-issue riï¬,e ï¬_re
I just killed me another man
And I don't know why
It ain't that much to take now is it?
It ain't that much to take now is it?
It ain't that much to take now is it?
I mean, it's only one life
But all we've got is one life...